(robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast.

a great start to the weekend today with temperatures outside boosting further than the rest of the week well up into the mid to upper 60's for much of the bay area. look forward to sunny and dry skies before an increase in cloud cover into the weekend. next week cloud cover will continue to rise with rainfall looking likely to return into the middle of the week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) now to breaking news out of washington... where we just learned roger stone indicted on charges brought by special counsel. the president's longtime associate has been indicted by a grand jury... on charges brought by special counsel robert

mueller... which relates to the russian investigation. stone's been indicted on one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. he's set to appear in court in fort lauderdale, florida today. (robin) continuing to follow breaking news... with a live look at the sfo... where an hawaiian airline flight has been diverted due to a death on board. we're told a hawaiian airlines flight bound for new york was diverted to s-f-o after someone died onboard the aircraft. flight 50 --left honolulu at 6:20 p.m. our time for john f. kennedy international airport... and landed in s-f-o a little after 11 last night. we're still looking to find out how that person died. we'll update you as soon as we get more information. ( robin ) now to the south bay... san jose police are searching for a driver who was involved in deadly hit and run

accident. here's kron four's rob fladeboe with the details. (surveillance video)san jose police are looking for this white van in connection with what is now a felony fatal hit and run investigation. surveillance video from a nearby business shows what police believe is a white, full-size, gmc or chevy van with dark rims. the van has no markings but is very liklely showing some damage says sergeant enrique garcia. sgt. enrique garcia/san jose police "....we know there is going to be damage to the right front quarter panel based on the impact with the victim but we have no idea who the suspect is, whether it's a man or woman or if there was anyone else in the van...." (early video) police say the victim, described so far only as an adult woman, was walking east on santa clara street and was clearly in the crosswalk when she was hit. the van was traveling south on tenth street. the woman died at the scene. the van just kept on going.sgt. enrique gracia/san

jose police "....the person may be wanted for a crime or may have an outstanding warrant, or maybe they just committed a crime and were fleeing the scene, or were under the influence of drugs or alcohol or driving with a suspended license...."this sign was set up to inform drivers that an accident occurred here in the hope of generating some tips from passers by. here's another look at that surveillance video. the accident scene is just a block from san jose state and see's a lot of traffic pretty much around the clock and the sign might just jog someone's memory say police. rob fladeboe/san jose "...this was the 4th traffic fatality so far this year in san jose, the 3rd involving a pedestrian and the first fatal hit and run accident. in san jose rob fladeboe kron4news ( robin ) bart is cracking down on fare evaders... by stepping up patrols at the embarcadero bart station to

catch cheaters in the act... here's kron4's dan thorn with what commuters are saying about it. bart's proof of payment team out in force thursday night... they're making sure riders are doing the right thing and not skipping the fare...sot: money in september, the bart board voted to hire these community service officers. they check for valid fares on-board trains, on platforms, near stairs and escalator landings, and outside elevators they're work is primarily dedicated to primarily to days nights and weekends..sot:the spokesman also says the proof of payment inspectors have no discretion regarding citations meaning they check every rider.several bart commuters shared mixed opinions on fare cheaters... sot: just buy a clipper bro sot: it's one less dollar they have to worry about in these expensive times..others say bart might have bigger things they should worry about..sot: it is a problem but not as much as the elevators or the escalators not working..

( robin ) if you're caught skipping a bart fare you're looking at a fine up to $55 for children and teens and $75 for adults. ( robin ) new this morning... you may have to soon pay to go down one of bay area's most popular attractions. the city of san francisco is proposing a plan to impose a fee to those driving through lombard street. people would have to pay at least five-dollars under the proposal. lombard street is known as the crookedest street in the world... with thousands of visitors a year. to sound off on the proposal... they'll be a meeting next wednesday at yick wo elementary school at 6 p-m.

( robin ) san francisco's mayor is ordering officials to take a closer look at seismic safety standards for high rise buildings. this step comes after an eye-opening report suggesting some skyscrapers may have hidden damage leftover from the 89 loma preita quake. kron 4's maureen kelly explains. (pkg)so if there's one silver lining out of the whole millennium tower debacle it's the fact that you got the city together to do this reportit was after the discovery of the sinking and leaning luxury condo high rise downtown that triggered the tall buildings safety strategy. that report revealed that nearly 70 older high rises in san francisco might have suffered unseen damage during the 1989 loma prieta earthquake....because they have a similar construction to ones damaged in la's1994 northridge quake. the study recommended that they be reinspected. the order

coming out of city hall calls for the strenghthing the resiliency of tall buildings. the department of building inspection and other deparments has been told to explore adopting stricter seismic standards....and updating policies for assessing buildings after a big quake . while it doesn't directly demand the reinspection of the high rises mentioned in the report.... supervisor aaron peskin who represents the financial district says it could open the door for that to happen. it's certainly a direction to increase seismic safety standards. we can have seismic safety standards that are more stringent than the state standards and we're on the way to do that for new construction. that's easier. it's accessing the problems with existing buildings and requiring fixes for those that's the more politically difficult path to trod. he says he's heartened by the mayor's call to action which also includes ordering a more

through recovery plan for the densely populated downtown sector. when issuing the executive order mayor breed noted that san francisco has a 72 percent chance of experiencing a 6.7 magnitude quake or greater in the next 24 years. maureen kelly kron4 news. (robin) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ... beaten and stabbed to death nearly 30 years ago... police finally solve a long-awaited cold case in fremont.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. a great start to the weekend today with temperatures outside boosting further than the rest of the week well up into the mid to upper 60's for much of the bay area. look forward to sunny and dry skies before an increase in cloud cover into the weekend. next week cloud cover will continue to rise with rainfall looking likely to return into the middle of the week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) now to a cold case that

has finally been solved... an arizona man is behind bars, arrested for murdering a fremont man 28 years ago. kron-4's dan kerman explains how dna technology helped. in december of 1990 the body of 30 year old fremont resident jack upton was was found in his tyson lane apartment... police say he was beaten and stabbed to death. police say fingerprints and blood not belonging to upton were collected from the home. a week after the body was discovered... police found upton's missing car 350 miles away in thousand oakes. blood was also found inside, that matched the blood found in the home... when dna testing became available, they hoped to find a suspect but did not . sot det. jacob blass/fremont policebut fremont police continued to search ... and in 2016 the department created a cold case unit which continued

the investigation. then last year the arrest of the golden state killer shed light on new dna technology. fremont police shipped their dna evidence to the same lab... it was processed adn compared against existing genealogical dna profiles... and produced a potential suspect.. this man russell guerrero, now living in arizona.sot fremont police tracked guerrero to an italian restaurant where they collected items he used and found his dna and fingerprints were a match and he was arrested for murder... upton's family has now been notified. sotstandup dan kerman/fremont 141 ( robin ) police in milpitas are now allowing

people to text 9-1-1. it's intended for people who might not be able to talk during an emergency. officers say when texting an emergency-- provide the exact location and describe what type of help is needed. they also say to keep the messages simple and brief-- and not to send emoji's, pictures, or videos. a 9-1-1 operator will respond by text message and let you know when help is on the way. ( robin ) in the north bay... police have arrested a suspect in connection to more than a dozen tire slashings in santa rosa. it happened last week in the areas near santa rosa junior college and downtown santa rosa. 43-year-old thomas wheat is accused of slashing one or two tires on 27 different cars over the course of two days. he was booked into the

sonoma county jail on several charges. ( robin ) in the south bay... san jose police have found the young boy who was reported missing thursday. police say 10-year-old elias ramirez was found safe and is being reunited with his family... no word on where exactly elias was found... police now thanking everyone who assisted in the search. ( robin ) mayors from around the country are in washington d-c this week for the winter meeting of the u.s. conference of mayors. house speaker nancy pelosi was there and gave a speech. also in attendance -- san francisco mayor london breed.... and oakland mayor libby schaaf. and the mayor of south bend indiana. pete boo-teh-judge ... who announced his candidacy for the presidency this week. joe biden was also there and defended his recent comments about the need to reach across the aisle to work with republicans. ( robin ) still ahead on the kron-our morning news at 5... hidden dangers in your own backyard... a look at what you should look

out for when it comes to rain damaged trees.

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professional dancers quinton peron (per-rone) and napoleon jinnies made history last year when they made the los angeles rams cheer squad. and they're about to make history again as the first male cheerleaders to perform at the super bowl. this past weekend-- the rams won the n-f-c championship... securing their spot in the super bowl. they will play the new england patriots at the big game on february third. ( robin ) coming up on the kron-four morning news at 5... the cause of the deadly tubbs fire is revealed... and pg&e is not to blame... ( robin ) plus... another week without a paycheck... as some federal workers continue to be affected by the governement shutdown. (ácommercialá)

in your noise cancelling trheadphones?ry maybe not. maybe you could trust you won't be next to a loud eater. (eating potato chips loudly) or you could just trust duracell. (silence) ♪ ( james ) that breaking news

this morning happening in last few hours. the f-b-i has arrested long-time trump associate roger stone.( darya ) we have video of the moment f-b-i arrested him at his home in florida.take a look. stone has been

indicted stone has stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges by special counsel rober mueller. the charges include: obstruction of justice, five counts of giving false statements and one count of witness tampering. as we just showed you --- the fbi arrested him at his home in florida early this morning. stone is expected to make an appearance in federal court later today --- according to the special counsel's office. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... a great start to the weekend today with temperatures outside boosting further than the rest of the week well up in